The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1887-02-11
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any Of said Offices for any orc year shall ex
ceed the amount Of $4,000, all such exces,
shall revert into the treasury. sSs9 n
The bill prohibiting farmers from givinp
mortgages on ungroWn crops was slaughtered
by the Judiciary committee, which reported
adversely on it. The bill was taken up and
by the house and discussed III committee
of the whole and tho report CT tho CON-
m!ttee concurred In. A majority of the Inern-
bers were OF the opinion that il farmers wished
to mortgage their ungrown crops they should
have the privilege.
The house passed bill prohibiting the sale
of liquor in the capitol building.
A bill has been introduced changing the ex-
emption laws. 1t does away with the ST, 500
lump exemption, but protects debtor home
stead and the necessities of life.
The house has passed the bill removing the
United States district court from Yankton to
Mitchell.
A bill was introduced which provides that
no person shall hold the office Of either sheriff
or county treasurer for more than two con.
secutive terms.
I house bill TO submit the question Of iiyis-
ion OF the territory to vote Of the people pro-
vides that all election shall be held on Tuesday
before tho last Saturday Of June, 1857, that
being the date of the annual school election,
at which election the qualified voters Of the
territory shall vote upon division OF the terri
tory upon an east and west line upon the
seventh standard parallel.
Mr.: Fletcher's bill relating to the fling Of
chattel mortgages provides that registers Of
deeds shall be entitled to ten cents for fling
and indexing each chattel mortgage, and for
caucelng chattel mortgages ten cents each.
A bill has been introduced in the house for
the better protection of laboring people. 1t
provides that when any employer refuses or
neglects to pay an employees his or her wages,
it shall bo the duty Of the county attorney, at
the request Of such employee to take action
to collect such wages-the costs to be charged
up against the defendants and the Judgment
against hin not to bo discharged until such
costs are paid.
The house, by a vote of 81 to 10, passed a
bill repeating the usury law. The effect Of the
repeal (supposing The council passes tile biill
will not be to change the legal rate Of inter-
est, but permits money loaner to receive more
than Upper cent of interest without committing
crime. The burden of the argument in favor
OF repeal was that what was required to make
money cheap was an open market, and that
the usury law kept capital away; whereas il
the ban was removed money would flow into
the territory and competition would reduce
rates. To tlis Mr.. Aikens added the argu-
mont that the law which would permit two
mon to enter into an agreement to commit a
crime, and only one be held responsible, was
an outrage. He held that IL man who loaned
money at higher rate than IL per cent was to
be cast iuto prison, the man who borrowed the
money should go in with him. The opponents
of repeal, while admitting that the law was
practically q dead letter, claimed that it had
salutary effect, and that it should not be re-
pealed unless something was substituted for 1t.
Mr. Weiser proposes to amend the railroad
commissioner law Of 1885 by adding to section
eight that tho commissioners are empowered
and it s their duty, where railroad rates are
exorbitant, unjust or oppressive, to alter or
lower tho same and fix maximum rates. The
company may appeal to the district court and
the court shall have power to determine the
reasonableness and propriety Of the rates and
may approve or modify the same. Also, that
on the payment Of 81 annually, shall allow
any one to maintain and operate an elevator
and warehouse at any way station without re-
gard to capacity; the company to provide side
tracks and other facilities; also, that where sta
tions ara ton miles or more apart the commits
sioners may require the company to establish
and maintain siding between the two sta
tions
Mr.. Adams has introduced a bill to compel
railroad companies to devise some means of
preventing the horrors of fire which almost in
varlably follow serious railroad accidents.
Mr.. Williams has introduced u bill to appro-
pirate S150,O00, or 80 much thereof as may be-
needed, for the purchase of seed wheat for
farmers who lost their crops by drouth, hail OF
other agency last year.
House bill No. 115 is by Mr.. Terrill, and pro-
vidts salaries for registers of deeds and treas
urels ranging from 5000 in counties Of 5000
population to $4,000 in counties having more
than $4,000 population, but the pay Of depu-
ties is limited to $500 per year.
The Yankton iron-cad prohibition bill intro
duced in the house provides that liquor selling
shal be misdeineanor, with penalty Of $500
fine or six months imprisonment; common
carriers are fined $1,000 for carrying liquor;
the county commissioners are to appoint an
agent at not more than $4,000 salary to dis
pense liquors for medicinal, mechanical OF
sacramental purposes.
Council bill No. 125 relates To printing and
was introduced by Mr. Cain, of Huron. 1t pro-
vides that all legal notices shall be published
at rs cents per folio for tho first insertion in
newspaper and 50 cents for each subsequent
publication. The county commissioners pro-
ceedings shall be published in three newspa-
pers, il there are SO many in the county, and
the rate shall be rs cents per inch BREWER type;
no two Of the papers shall be in the same con-
gressional township; if there is no paper in the
county, then the publication shall be in the
one nearest the county. Section three Of the
bill provides that there shall be no division Of
the publication fees, and section four calls for
an affidavit from the party or attorney stating
that there has been no division. Election
notices are to be published four times In the
same newspapers that publish the county COM
missioners proceedings.
Seed at Half Tariff Rates.
General Freight Agent Mohler, Of the Mani-
toba, announces by circular that, taking effect
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